The In Between Podcast with Mel Barrett

Mel and Rebecca discuss KAren Read updates, the Turtleboy movie, Aaron Spencer trial updates, police corruption and civil rights.
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0:00 Intro + Nightline/Other Updates
11:20 David Yanetti + should Rebecca play poker?
25:05 Updates from the show with Maggie Freleng
36:53 Karen Read updates/sidebar info
51:45 What’s up with paid commenters?
58:45 Aaron Spencer Case Info/Updates
1:20:33 Police Corruption/Civil Rights Discussion
1:27:16 Can we use all the bad to bring people together?
1:39:42 Discussion of politicized language/freedom of speech
1:47:20 Dyson AirWrap…share the show… goodbye for now!

A new episode of Something's Off! Rebecca's back from her nude beach vacation and she's got some stories to tell!
We also dive into the new release of Brian Higgins police interview and the inconsistencies we found there, Turtleboy/Young Jerks fundraiser drama, Plevin Lenihan's "bombshell," and of course, more sidebahs!
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Two people are dead.
A family has been destroyed.
And a seventeen-year-old girl is sitting in jail, charged as an adult and facing the possibility of life without parole.
In this episode of The In Between, Mel takes a careful, evidence-forward look at the case of Sarah Grace Patrick, a Georgia teenager accused of murdering her mother and stepfather while they slept.
This is not an episode about internet rumor or TikTok outrage. It’s about what we actually know, what we don’t, and how quickly narrative has replaced transparency in a case where the stakes could not be higher.
Mel breaks down the known facts, the gaps in the public record, the prosecution’s likely theory, and the defense’s emerging strategy — including the role of adolescent brain development, forensic neuropsychology, and the danger of treating online behavior as evidence of guilt.
She also confront the broader issues this case raises:
What happens to the presumption of innocence in the age of social media?
How harmful is it when “experts” turn compliance into confession?
And what does it say about our justice system when a child can legally be sentenced to die in prison?
This episode lives in the space between confidence and proof — and asks why, before trial has even begun, so many people seem so certain.
Listener discretion advised.
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While Rebecca's away, Mel jumped on solo to talk about two cases that are keeping her up at night: Aaron Spencer, the Arkansas father, who killed the man who had SA'd and kidnapped his daughter. Was it vigilantism, or stopping a crime as it was happening. Let Mel know in the comments.
And well-known actor, Timothy Busfield (Thirtysomething, West Wing) is arrested for child SA, accused of abusing 11 year-old twin boys who he was directing on set of The Cleaning Lady. His wife, Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie), is standing by her man.
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While Rebecca's on vacation, Mel sits down with fellow podcaster, rockstar journalist, all around badass, and friend, Maggie Freleng. If you want to watch Mel fangirl all over Maggie, join us! We'll be talking about Maggie's groundbreaking work on wrongful convictions, her newest and amazing podcast, Bone Valley: Graves County Season 3, and the ethics of reporting in the true crime sphere.
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